The Facebook Android app may be good, but it’s been lacking one key feature that has kept it from being as functional as the full Facebook website. Until today, the app has been missing support for Facebook’s threaded messages – a key component to the social network – that iPhone users have been playing with…
Knocking Live streams live video to over 1 million iPhones and Android
When you think “live streaming video,” you’re probably going to have either Qik or Flixwagon immediately popping into your head. But, a newcomer streaming video app takes a new approach to video streaming from smartphones, and it’s already 1 million users strong! The app, Knocking Live Video, has, in just 121 days, managed to capture…
Pinvote for BlackBerry Lets You Rate User Pics, Make BBM Friends
iPhone already has an app for Hot or Not, but for those with a BlackBerry, a new network called Pinvote, launched not too long ago with a similar picture-voting mechanic, and with bought credits you can even get in touch with the people in the pictures. Messages cost a buck a pop, but all you really…
SIRIUS XM adding Android to the mix in May
If you’re an Android user, and you like the idea of listening to radio broadcasts that are beamed to you from outer space, you’ll be happy to hear that you’ll soon be able to do so from your smartphone! The iPhone and Blackberry already have their own SIRIUS XM apps but Android has yet to…
Google not bringing Maps Navigator to iPhone, yet
There was a lot of excitement yesterday when Google brought Maps Navigation to the UK and Ireland because reports surfaced that the search giant would be bringing it to the iPhone. Immediately, you had to think TomTom and its expensive services would be destroyed because Google’s offering provides pretty good turn-by-turn audible navigation for free.…
Viper SmartStart for iPhone Now Includes Push Notifications
The iPhone client for Viper’s remote car starting, controlling, and security system is getting an update that will include push notifications whenever an alarm is triggered. This ensure that you learn about a break-in right away, not next time you happen to check your e-mail. The notifications are logged and include in-app alerts on the…
Life.com gets an iPhone app, too
In a world where everyone and their mama have an iPhone app, we still get surprised to see some big name company joining the bandwagon so late. Life.com, a web arm of the Life Magazine, is such an example which just announced their iBaby. I don’t want to bash them too much, after all they’re…
SPB Flash Cards now an Android thing, too
SPB Software is bringing its SPB Flash Cards language learning apps to the Android platform. There are a total of 15 apps released, each dedicated to a different language — including English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Polish, Swedish and Finnish. As you may know from our description of…
Cricket gets its navigation app/service
If the likes of Verizon and AT&T can have it, so can Cricket. I’m talking about their own branded navigation service/application. It’s called (guess) Cricket Navigator and it packs all the standard features of a modern navigation app such as turn-by-turn directions, and such things as: Gas Savings – search for all nearby gas stations…
MacGruber gets its iPhone app
MacGruber is hitting theaters within a month, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy him on your iPhone while waiting (if you’re waiting for it at all). Actually, the iPhone game is probably a part of the movie’s marketing strategy, but that’s another story. Anyway, the free MacGruber game brings the familiar bomb defusing, mullet-filled…